Harry Belafonte is the consummate entertainer. His career has encompassed concert singer, songwriter, recording artist, movie actor, Broadway and television star and producer. Mr. Belafonte is also highly regarded worldwide for his extraordinary contributions in the field of human rights. His legendary songs such as “Island in the Sun”, “Jump in the Line”, “Turn Around” and “Turn the World Around” have been licensed for countless recordings, motion pictures, videos and merchandise.

E.Y. "Yip" Harburg There are few things that people find positive about the Great Depression but one sure thing is that the bankruptcy of an electrical appliance company caused Yip Harburg to change careers and become one of the greatest lyricists of all times. He was one of the most sought after collaborators, writing with such talented and diverse composers as Harold Arlen, Jay Gorney, Vernon Duke, Sammy Fain, Jerome Kern, Burton Lane and Arthur Schwartz. His classic songs including “Over The Rainbow”, “April in Paris, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”, “How are Things in Glocca Morra?”, “(It’s Only) A Paper Moon”, “Last Night When We Were Young”, “Look to the Rainbow” and “Old Devil Moon” are consistently recorded by a wide array of artists and performers and have become American standards.

Vic Mizzy is probably best known for his TV theme songs the “Addams Family Theme” and “Green Acres Theme”. What most people do not know is that Vic sang the original “Addams Family Theme” overdubbing himself three times to give the impression of multiple vocalists. His stellar career has spawned many #1 hits including: “My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time”, “Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes”, “The Whole World Is Singing My Song”, “Choo'n Gum”, “The Jones Boys” and “With A Hey and A Hi and A Ho-Ho-Ho”.

Milton Gabler was one of the top record producers of the 1940s and 50s. He started the first independent jazz label, Commodore Records. Among the many artists recording for Commodore were Eddie Condon and His Sidemen, Billie Holiday ("Strange Fruit" was made for Commodore when Columbia shied away from the controversial song), Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and the Kansas City Six, Jelly Roll Morton and most of the who's who of swing and New Orleans jazz. In addition to Commodore, he was a producer for Decca up until the late '60s, working with both jazz and pop artists. It was during this time that he tested his songwriting talents, creating gems like “Choo Choo Ch'Boogie”, “Danke Schein”, “In a Mellow Tone”, “L.O.V.E.” and “Pagin’ the Devil”.

Jay Gorney was a songwriter, producer, author and teacher. Between 1929 and 1930 he headed the Paramount Studios music department in Astoria, New York, then went to Hollywood in 1933 under contract to 20th Century-Fox. Between 1942 and 1943 he produced films for Columbia, and by 1948 was chairman of the musical-play department of the Dramatic Workshop at the New School in New York. His chief musical collaborators included E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Henry Myers, Edward Eliscu, Lew Brown, Sidney Clare, Howard Dietz, Walter Kerr, and Jean Kerr. His popular song compositions include “Baby Take a Bow”, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”, “A Girl in Your Arms”, “Meet the People”, and “You're My Thrill”.

Bob McGrath has celebrated over thirty years as host of the famed television show, Sesame Street. In addition to his role as music teacher on Sesame Street, Bob is a successful author, songwriter, recording artist and concert performer. His curriculum MUSIC FOR FUN published by Alfred Publishing/Warner Bros. Publications, and co-authored with Marilyn Davidson, provides teachers with meaningful and light-hearted music classes. The songs in Music for Fun can also be found on Bob’s album SING ME A STORY which includes such favorites as “Elbows Off the Table”, “Dinosaur Swing” and “Your Face”.

Gaucho Music and Sandbox Music These songs were primarily recorded and released by artists on the Spring Records label. The biggest hits were performed by Millie Jackson and Joe Simon and include “A Child of God”, “All I Want is a Fighting Chance”, “Friends or Lovers”, “Get Down, Get Down (Get Down on the Floor)”, “How Do You Feel the Morning After”, “Power of Love”, “The Rap” and “Your Time to Cry”. Many songs in the catalog have been sampled in new recordings that include “Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)” performed by JC Chasez, “Born Alone, Die Alone” performed by Lloyd Banks on the 50 Cent Soundtrack album Get Rich or Die Trying and “My First Love” performed by Carl Thomas. The catalog also includes some old school rap songs...more>>

Ray Griff is one of the bright lights in country songwriting. His achievements include writing forty-eight songs that landed in the top 100 and receiving 87 ASCAP and BMI citations as a songwriter, artist, producer and publisher. Ray has written over 2,000 songs with over 700 of them being recorded by such renowned artists as Eddy Arnold, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Crystal Gayle, George Jones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Charlie Pride, Mel Tillis, Conway Twitty, and Faron Young. Hit songs include “Baby”, “Better Move It On Home”, “Step Aside”, “Where Love Begins” and “Who’s Gonna Play This Old Piano”.

Groove Coverage was formed in 2001 and is composed of German singers Mel and DJ Novus. In 2002, they released their debut album COVERGIRL which included the hits “7 Years and 50 Days”, “The End” and “Runaway” which was not only a huge success in Germany and Austria but in Australia, Canada and Japan as well. Their first single “Are U Ready” reached top 10 on Germany’s DJ Charts and Playlists. Their cover of Mike Oldfield’s 80s hit “Moonlight Shadow” sold over 250,000 copies. Their next release, “God is a Girl” reached top 10 in Germany. In 2005, Groove Coverage focused on major international releases. Their songs range in style from beautiful ballads to melodic techno-trance tracks. In 2006, they released the first single from their new album entitled “On the Radio” which entered the German charts at 21.

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Jan Johnston is affectionately referred to as the “First Lady of Trance” because she has written and recorded with the world's best DJs and artists including Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Cosmic Gate and BT. She is one of the few trance writers who is equally as talented as a singer/performer. Jan’s hit songs have been heard around the world and include “Beachbreeze (Remember the Summer)”, “Communicate”, “Like a Friend”, “Raging (Storm)” and “Venus (Meant to Be Your Lover)”.

Roba Music Verlag was founded in 1969 and is one of the top music publishers in Germany. Next Decade Entertainment is proud to subpublish certain catalogs and compositions from the Roba catalog for the territory of the United States and Canada. Some of these include Music from the Calabrian Mafia, certain songs recorded by Sarah Brightman for her HAREM album, certain songs recorded by the band Dokken including “Breaking the Chains” and “Paris is Burning”, certain songs recorded by Dillinger, Clint Eastwood and Trinity, “Four O’Clock in the Morning” recorded by Lazard and the Petula Clark hit, “We’ll Still Be Friends”.

Lucy Simon began her career in a duo group called The Simon Sisters which included her then, unknown sister, Carly. The two recorded some folk albums and a very successful children’s album on Columbia Records entitled The Simon Sisters Sing for Children. Songs from this album include “The Lobster Quadrille," “My Luv is Like a Red Red Rose” (this song was re-released by Carly Simon on her album Clouds in My Coffee) and “Who Has Seen the Wind”. Lucy later recorded a solo album entitled Stolen Time. For television, Lucy composed the music for the movie and soundtrack album for The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom. Songs from this production include “Gospel Lovin’ Mama”, “One Foot in Texas” and “One More Chance”. On Broadway, she composed the music for The Secret Garden and she has had workshop productions at the La Jolla Playhouse of the show Zhivago, a musical adaptation of the Russian-set love story.

Nora York began singing in New York City’s performance art venues and is among a group of artists to be identified as having emerged from the 90’s Knitting Factory jazz scene in New York. She has released three albums, To Dream The World, Alchemy (coauthored with composer Maria Schneider) and What I Want. The title track, “What I Want” and the song “Another Day” were featured in German director Doris Dorrie’s film and soundtrack album Der Fischer Und Seine Frau. Her song “Heal Me” also from the album was featured in the end title credits of the HBO documentary Methadonia.